| Author |
Garden Gate:  About tomatillos...  |
|
|
lovelady
True Blue Farmgirl
533 Posts
Toni
Indiana
USA
533 Posts |
 Posted - May 22 2009 : 11:15:00 AM
|
| Who has experience growing them? I bought two plants this year and was so excited! I can never find anyone around here that sells tomatillo seedlings, but at the Bloomington Farmers Market I found a vendor with the purple ones. So, I planted them out last week, then left for a long weekend in Iowa only to come back and find one seedling cut down, probably those dastardly cutworms...so, my question is this, will I still get a crop? I have read in several places that tomatillos are not self-fertile, so you must have two. But, I have also read elsewhere that this isn't true. Anyone know for sure? It seems like I should be okay with just one, but I was just wondering. |
|
|
southerncrossgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
631 Posts
Gena
Harmony
NC
USA
631 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2009 : 07:02:13 AM
|
I just want to know, what the heck tomatillos are?
"A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes"==Cinderella |
 |
|
|
lovelady
True Blue Farmgirl
533 Posts
Toni
Indiana
USA
533 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2009 : 07:59:56 AM
|
Hi Gena!
They are used in making salsa verde and other dishes, mostly Latin food. They look like small green tomatoes but they have a papery husk around them. They are a type of ground cherry and are related to tomatoes. They are also apparently something not many Farmgirls have in their gardens! |
|
|
|
Ms.Lilly
True Blue Farmgirl
826 Posts
Lillian
Scotts Mills
OR
USA
826 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2009 : 08:07:58 AM
|
Toni- I don't know if you need more than one, because I always plant 3 or 4 and they go crazy. It really doesn't take much time to start them from seed if you are unable to get another plant. I would reccomend a second plant. Actually I understand that they are a member of the gooseberry family and not of the nightshade family.
Lillian
|
|
|
|
southerncrossgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
631 Posts
Gena
Harmony
NC
USA
631 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2009 : 11:12:20 AM
|
Thanks Toni, I have never heard of them. I don't think anyone in this area grows them. I will be on the lookout for them. I am going to plant a couple if I see some.
"A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes"==Cinderella |
|
|
|
SheilaC
True Blue Farmgirl
1948 Posts
Sheila
Vermont
USA
1948 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2009 : 7:08:27 PM
|
| I have several that I started from seed, just waiting to go into the garden. They're a first for me this year, also. |
|
|
|
Betty J.
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Betty
Pasco
WA
USA
1403 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2009 : 7:45:11 PM
|
I hope you haven't pulled the one that was cut off. Sometimes they come back, especially if there is a bit of stem left.
Betty in Pasco |
|
|
|
Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
|
|
Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
1207 Posts |
Posted - May 26 2009 : 06:11:29 AM
|
| I have grown tomatillos for years. I even bought a tomatillo recipe book. However, I have had so much trouble getting the fruit to get large, that I don't grow them any more. The plants are huge and have tons of blooms but the fruit is tiny or full of bugs. I only use them in salsa and it takes a dozen for the batch so I buy them at the store. They are available year around here in S. E. KS. |
|
|
| |
Garden Gate: About tomatillos... |
|
About tomatillos...
